Barack Obama visited Morehouse College on Sunday to give a refrain on the responsibility of Morehouse Men and black America to find dignity and progress in self-reliance, a refrain that has simultaneously proven exciting and excruciating for African Americans over the last four years.

When Dorian Joyner Jr.’s dad told him that he would soon be joining him at Morehouse College, the freshman thought it meant that his father would be...

I believe these schools need to place increased emphasis on inclusion of all students, regardless of race, in order to stay relevant in the increasingly broad educational spectrum.

A look at admission practices for many of today's HBCUs reveals a woeful abuse of the black college mission and vision, an uneven exchange of student debt and continuing family hardship for tuition revenues and enrollment numbers.

Historically black colleges and universities are not ruling out a lawsuit against the Obama administration over new federal financial aid policies tha...

The question is not if there are enough quality HBCUs, but how do we as students, alums and supporters appropriately promote our all-stars and push the starters toward stardom?

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- A White House official says President Barack Obama will deliver the commencement address at all-male Morehouse College in Atla...

As post-racial talk turns towards the utility of race-based admissions in higher education, conversation is bubbling up about the post-racial movement and its impact on historically black colleges. Should HBCUs become more diverse?

Parallels between Jewish and African-American communities' quest for civil rights have sparked debate and empathy for ages. But while the two groups' ...

How do you reverse engineer a culture that has long promoted hazing as an acceptable rite of passage?

Newtown, Tucson, Blacksburg and other communities where gun violence has claimed innocent lives have recently advanced the national discussion on how to curb gun violence, but black colleges have long been the unseen advocacy institutions working to end the same blight.

2012 was an extraordinary year of successes and challenges for HBCU culture, and this list, while not comprehensive, gives an inside look at the gains made by historically black colleges, and the people behind them.

By Jarrett L. Carter, HBCU Digest "Wobble Baby" blared from the speakers, moments after the university formally announced that the long-departed So...

A president earns all that he desires to work for, positively and negatively. But no one ever gives the properly-ran HBCU board the same justly earned kudos when it all goes right, or the fairly earned benefit of the doubt when it all falls apart.

By Jarrett L. Carter, HBCU Digest The mid-1990s ushered in a cultural renaissance for historically black colleges and universities. “A Different ...

Until a majority of HBCU executives learn to balance the promotion of marching band culture within the larger context of athletic success, Saturday's sweet music will soon evolve into a brass band funeral dirge for many of our proud sports programs.

By Jarrett L. Carter, HBCU Digest A crowd of just over 150 worshipers listened transfixed on a warm August morning as Morgan State University Memor...

Many of pop culture's biggest names have their own remarkable origin story. A lucky break, a serendipitous career move, or the life experience and kno...